DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 1615Z May 8, 2013
Midwest/Great Lakes: An area of thin to moderately dense smoke was observed across portions of Wisconsin, eastern Iowa, Illinois, northwestern Indiana, Michigan and southeastern Ontario province. The portion of the smoke seen as moderately dense was oriented southwest to northeast across central Michigan. This area of remnant smoke originated from several agricultural fires that were analyzed yesterday across the northern plains and south-central Canada. Pacific Northwest: A relatively small, elongated thin remnant smoke plume is seen drifting southwest across eastern Washington state. Smoke is believed to be from fires across northern Idaho and western Montana. Dust: A broad area of aerosols, believed to be dust is seen over Alberta, Saskatchewan and southwest Manitoba provinces. Dust is believed to have originated from Asia and transported across northern Pacific. Warren THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE..TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THESE AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SOURCE FIRE IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG: http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/ml/land/hms.html GIS: http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm KML: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/kml.html ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov